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Publisher
Hippo Works
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (15 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Enjoy this weekly cartoonlet collection with the "IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE!" gang as they go on their jungle adventures. The cast includes Simon the Hippo, Peep the Bird, and Suzanne Crystal Goddess. These animals live with joys and struggles very much like our own while also being on the 'front lines' of the environment, making issues like climate change and animal extinction causes they must face and cannot run away from.
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Third edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (61 entries) : 134 images
Language
English
Description
This highly acclaimed atlas distills the vast science of climate change, providing a reliable and insightful guide to this rapidly growing field. Since the 2006 publication of the first edition, climate change has climbed even higher up the global agenda. This new edition reflects the latest developments in research and the impact of climate change, and in current efforts to mitigate and adapt to changes in the worlds weather.
5) Hurricane!
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Hurricane! describes how and where hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons happen."--
6) Tsunami!
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Tsunami! describes how earthquakes and volcanoes cause deadly waves, the devastation they inflict on communities and the environment, and why they are so difficult to predict."--
Publisher
Hippo Works
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (29 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Simon the Hippo and friends go on a song-filled adventure while learning about the world's changing climate, the role that carbon dioxide and methane play, and the good green habits we can all develop to help cool the climate! Along their way the animals find out about topics such as the Greenhouse Effect, the Food Chain, the "Three Rs" (Reducing, Reusing, Recycling), Composting, and Carbon Offsetting.
Publisher
Ideas Roadshow
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (8 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Four experts from a wide range of subject areas share their perspectives on the dangers of environmental damage, arguing for a more widespread recognition of the importance of environmental issues.
Publisher
Juno Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (92 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A Buena Vista Social Club meets Years of Living Dangerously, renowned Malian singer Inna Modja takes us on a music-driven journey of hope, hardship, and perseverance across Africa’s ambitious Great Green Wall. Part musical odyssey and cultural road-trip, part desertification and climate justice exploration, Inna sets out on a mission to assemble Africa’s most thrilling musicians and record a once-in-a-lifetime album that captures the spirit of...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (54 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Dive into the devastation wrought by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. How can scientists better predict these storms, and what does the 2017 season tell us about the likelihood of similar storms in the future?
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (80 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Over a three year period, we travelled 60,000 miles to interview 40 people from seven countries on five continents to tell the human story of electricity and explain why power equals power.
Publisher
1091 Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (78 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
During his four-decade career as a photographer and explorer, James Balog has focused his lens on the complex relationship between humans and nature. Human activity has now surpassed all other forces shaping our world. Balog’s work has challenged us to contemplate our place in, and responsibility to, the natural world. Balog investigates how altering the elements is in turn affecting everyday Americans right now. THE HUMAN ELEMENT features subjects...
14) Energy Sources
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Energy Sources examines our reliance on fossil fuels and their impact on the environment; the pros and cons of nuclear energy; the debate about biofuels; harnessing energy from the Sun, wind, and water; and energy in the future, from hydrogen fuel cells to solar power from space."--
15) Volcano!
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Volcano! describes how and why volcanic eruptions occur."--
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 52 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
At the heart of the Indian Ocean, three islands are the sentries against climate change: The Seychelles, Mauritius, and Reunion. The latter has shown its will to be independent of fossil energy by 2030. Its neighbours are trying to follow in its footsteps. Yet, it might already be too late as cyclones are predicted to grow stronger.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"My days of dark green euphoria is an irreverent, witty, provocative novel in which a hilarious and charming eco-anxious millennial temporarily escapes the harsh realities of the twenty-first century when she falls under the spell of her boyfriend's mother's gigantic carbon footprint -- and must discover how to find her balance again as she risks losing her career, her best friend, and her identity. Winner of the 2019 Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental...
Author
Publisher
The Experiment
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 online resource (240 p.)
Language
English
Description
"At the heart of this book by Nobel Prize-winning immunologist and professor Peter Doherty is this striking observation: Birds detect danger to our health and the environment before we do. Following a diverse cast of bird species around the world-from tufted puffins in Puget Sound to griffon vultures in India, pigeons in East Asia, and wedge-tailed shearwaters off the islands of Australia's Great Barrier Reef-Doherty illuminates birds' role as an...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (54 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The California wildfires of 2018 took a worrisome trend to a new extreme, claiming lives and over a million acres. Scientists investigate how forestry practices, climate change, and drought may contribute to the rise of deadly megafires.
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